The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-11-25
.rnnn :. - 1900,
sunIvau's First Fight Away from Home
ana How II Was H1ndas

Larry Dyer In Boston GLOBE
Among the hunareds who gn CT y, ~
tender Champion Sullivan o royal sellosqln
was J. b. Mccormack who was tareilo555i ~
bringing the pupilist to ms present bta t54llk
in the fstio world, Asa j. McGoFnlaeiA, fiils
gsntlanHnI Y mot very ws EL3is n Name ma
become very nearly 90 famous hs that 81 the
champion himself =
IIe iins worked on the sporting department
of several papers in different paTts OF e5le
country, and his connection with john y;
dates back to the time when he was eIfiIloyt0
on the Cincinnati B,tqutHT. 80. -
The history q the the. matter e & aSs y E9tle
where he met Ed Perry qt the Boston
HeTdia, and the latter induced him to extend
hiH trip TO Boston. While here he Hpeht Q
portion Of his time with Mark Price, vino Wan
fhen with the Boston Theatre Company.
One evening these two met Patsey Sheppard
who, by lhe way, had been an oln AoQIlaiills-
anes of Mccormack IN EnRianH, GhQ Eilen
passed a few hours togetheE. During the
conversation Sheppard said that there was
good, strong young felloW here who was
looked unoD by many as the coming nhAll'
bttt as he had not had muGh CHANGE, as OPP
posed to good men, II could scarcely be SAID
that he has been tried, -
Pugilists we're rsther scarce in CinoInnati,
and thinking that this would be . good
chance 10 let the people of that CITY .aee
good fight McCOrmack asked 70 be shown
the man, and on the blowing day talk was
had with Sullivan, and he was aAkeq on l8flat
EElulA ne WDLlANl ~ 4AEe
Donaldson, who was then 1.-THE" heay$H eight
of that part Of the country 80.
Sullivan, previous to that time, hnd never
had a fight farther away from home than
Springfield, and scarcely knew whnt terms TO
make. Mccormack then told him that he
would pay all his expenses, including rail-
road fare, 10 and from Cincinnati hotel
bills, etc, and give him 500 il he would
fight the man. To this Sullivan agreed, pro-
Eiding itwas put in writing. 80 MoOorn1aeIlSS
drew up q little agreement binding himselt
to do what he had said This was read by
Sullivan, but when Patsoy Sheppard ayuWed
that anything Mccormack said was blndlnE,
Sullivan handed the Taper bnck to Meteor
mack, and it is at present preserved IN the
scTap-book Of the latter.
AL these matters being arranged, Sullivan
went TO Cincinnati and at once began tfEln-
ing for his battle, which Was to be for purse
of 5000. The readers OF the GLOBE Will,
many Of them, remember how this light
came out. Donaldson stood up to his man
for zen rounds by running away from Sulll-
van, but the latter finally finished him. This
was eighteen months Def ire his fight with
Ryan at New Orleans, and there have been
many changes since that day. Donaldson 10
at present managing Patsey Cardiff, Sulli-
funny now TO hear that John /. would fight
for purse Of $500.
Mccormack has been with Sullivan at
nearly all Of his big fights and was one Of
the last to bid him goodbye on the Cepha-
lOIliS. Something about his connection with
Sullivan got whispered aboard the Daily,
and he was at once called upon for q speech,
when he told the people assembled the above
story,